iOS 7 Now Available for Existing iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touch Devices

Apple released iOS 7 to the public earlier this morning, which means that you can now update your existing iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch with the long-awaited operating system at your leisure for free. If you want to update it straight through your device, just access Settings in iOS 6, click on General, and then head to Software Update where your new download should be waiting for you.

Alternatively, you can just hook up your iDevice to your Mac (or PC), access it through iTunes, and click "Check for Updates" on the menu bar under Help. It looks as though you'll in be good hands if you update. Many commentators from other sites have nothing but good things to say about the OS, including the tech site Ars Technica.

According to Ars writer Martin Bryant, iOS 7 "brings Apple’s mobile operating system up to par with the competition in most of the areas that it had started to lag behind, and pushes it far ahead in others. There really is nothing that looks anywhere near as good as this out there. It strikes a fair balance between end-user satisfaction, the needs of developers and Apple’s own interests."

The Next Web, too, had many good things to say, despite lamenting a perceived lack of customization. In the words of writer Martin Bryant, iOS 7 "brings Apple’s mobile operating system up to par with the competition in most of the areas that it had started to lag behind, and pushes it far ahead in others. There really is nothing that looks anywhere near as good as this out there. It strikes a fair balance between end-user satisfaction, the needs of developers and Apple’s own interests."

Want to get the most of out of iOS 7? Be sure to check out our own Michael Simon's 90 iOS 7 Tips and Tricks.

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Does this mean that my iPad 1 does not exist, or that iOS 7 is available for it as well?
It still has mass, so I'm pretty sure it exists...
Have all the 3GS iPhones ceased to be? OMG... What about my iPhone 1 that I was keeping for sentimental reasons?!?!
Is it gone? I can't look!
Oh the humanity!